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New Discovery Fellow Gale Pooley's Simon Abundance Index Cited in Wired

Gale Pooley
October 31, 2019
Excerpt: Researchers Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy calculate the “Simon Abundance Index,” which takes into account both global population and the prices of 50 commodities important for human welfare — everything from sugar to salmon to iron ore to natural gas — expressed in terms of how long the average person in the world has to work to afford one unit of each. Every one of the 50 has become more affordable since 1980, even as global population has exploded, and most have become several times more affordable. The aggregate Abundance Index was set equal to 100 in 1980; by 2019 it had climbed to almost 620. Continue Reading …

Discovery Institute Fellow Chrisopher Rufo Set to Release New Documentary Next Year on American Poverty

Center for Wealth, Poverty, and Morality
October 31, 2019

Huawei Is an Asset, Not a Threat

George Gilder
May 20, 2019

Steve Forbes Podcast with George Gilder: The Creativity of Capitalism and the Post-Google Era

Discovery Institute
May 13, 2019

How the U.S. Can Solve the Current Trade Tariff Impasse With China

Scott S. Powell
May 10, 2019

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